September 2018 : Summary
UK Species Year List to September : 166
Total UK Species in September : 71
New “Year Ticks” in September : 4
New “Life Ticks” in September : 0
Year ticks in September
- Spoonbills at Burton Mere Wetlands on 11th September 2018
- Spotted Crake at Burton Mere Wetlands on 13th September 2018
- Greenshank at Burton Mere Wetlands on 13th September 2018
- Curlew Sandpiper at Burton Mere Wetlands on 13th September 2018
Life ticks in June
- None
Summary
September saw us almost always up to the Wirral. On the 11th September we went to Hoylake for a 9.9 metre tide at 1pm on the Wirral so stopped first at Burton Mere Wetlands first which was fairly quiet but with a good range of birds.At Hoylake the tide was moderately good and we got nice views of some Knot, Sanderling, Grey Plovers and Dunlin. Later at Riverbank Road we got Marsh Harrier and Peregrine and back again at Burtonwe got year tick Spoonbills that must have flown in since we were there in the morning and that we had tried for and missed on the 29th August.
We were back at Burton Mere Wetlands on the 13th September where we got a year tick Spotted Crake and down at Inner Marsh Farm we got year tick Curlew Sandpiper and Greenshank. From there we went to Parkgate where we got Marsh and Hen Harriers and a Great Egret.
The first Birding Group morning of the year on the 18th September 2018 was, of course, to Burton – for us for the third time in the month. It was very windy so that didn’t help but we had some interesting birds, although nothing new, including Curlew Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank and Black Swan, Ruff and Ringed Plover. A visit to Parkgate later gave us a pair of Marsh Harrier but we were a bit to late to catch the Pallid Harrier that has been around for a couple of weeks, on and off.
Another Wirral visit was on for the second Bird Group outing of the term, this time to Hoylake on the 25th September. The high tide here was 9.03m at 12:15pm – not so high but someone put it on the schedule. It turned out to be a beautiful day but there weren’t that many birds apart from a Peregrine at Hoylake and Buzzards<Kestrel and HEn Harrier at Parkgate .
This turned out to be the last day of September when we could get out birding.